[TowerTalk] HF9V update and a question

[Rick Bullon]

>
>Now my question.  I'm putting up a 36-foot telescoping mast and
>I'm looking for a source of inexpensive, light-duty earth screw
>anchors.  The purpose of the mast is for a multiband inverted
>vee, but I also plan on putting a Diamond 2m/70cm vertical
>on top.  The legs of the inverted vee will also act as guys.
>Since the wind load isn't really going to be that much, I plan
>on using dacron rope for guy material (the black UV-resistant
>stuff).  I have a galvanized pipe which I will drive into the ground
>about 4 feet and the bottom section of the mast will slide into
>that tightly and be bolted as well.
>
>The Rohn earth screws seem a bit expensive...and I probably
>don't need something geared toward heavy towers.  Any
>suggestions/sources?
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff KI0RO
>(ex KC0HEP)
>
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Hello Jeff
I had a 20ft push up mast with an 80 meter dipole on it up here for a while. 
I used regular T post like you use to put up fence on farms and such ( I 
live in the boonies hehe).
This mast was guyed with cheap guy wire from Radio Shack and it stayed up 
until a killer hail storm came thru several years ago. The  T posts held as 
did the guy wires but the mast didn't it snapped in the middle below the 
first  set of guys.I should also mention that the same storm took half the 
roof of my front deck.
I don't know how much the dual band vertical will add to the wind loading ( 
not much I would guess), but the T posts are cheap and you can get them at 
almost any bigg hardware store. Around here they run about $1.79. YOu also 
need a post driver to put them in about $10 to $20
73
Rick
KC5AJX
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